Abstract
ABSTRACTShear measurements were performed on mica surfaces with molecularly thin films of squalane confined between them. Squalane is a branched hydrocarbon liquid that can be in the liquid, glassy or liquid-crystalline state under confinement. The friction forces, especially the transitions between smooth and intermittent (e.g., stick-slip) sliding, were measured over a wide range of applied loads and sliding velocities. The results reveal that, depending on the conditions, qualitatively different behavior can arise in the same system. These include both abrupt and continuous transitions, short and very long transient effects, and chaotic or saw-tooth stick-slip. The differences between these branched and simpler molecules are compared, and the results are analyzed in terms of rate-and-state models traditionally used in the analysis of seismic phenomena.
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